A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1283

Cordy lay in bed, waiting for John.

He eventually emerged from the bathroom, absent-mindedly drying his hair as he changed into fresh pajamas.

He appeared surprised to find Cordy in bed. "Going to sleep too?"

"Can't I?"

"No,’' he quickly said. "I mean, you'd have trouble sleeping at the hospital while taking care of your grandfather."

Cordy pursed her lips-that certainly was not the case.

In private hospitals, one could enjoy the hospitality usually expected from five-star hotels. With people at your beck and call, it certainly did not dull in comparison to one.

Still, John did not seem to notice Cordy's feelings as he pulled up the blanket and got into bed.

did and

aback-he almost could not recall a day when he was alone in the same room

her firmly, he started to

Cordy's heart racing.

was some unknown force at work stopping them

nervously for a long while, but John

desperate, and she remembered that he could not sleep the night after their

could not feel

turned to find him sound asleep, his

staring in disbelief-he actually fell asleep and very soundly at

heaving from the grievance that seemed to stay stuck on her chest and was left tossing and turning,

a little just

he moved aside-which left Cordy bristling! She was teasing him,

she spotted the dark circles under his eye, an obvious sign

a little pained and she took a deep breath